Introduction: mathematization and the language of nature
Realists and nominalists : language and mathematics before the scientific revolution
Ontology recapitulates epistemology : Gassendi, epicurean atomism, and nominalism
British empiricism, nominalism, and constructivism
Three mathematicians : constructivist epistemology and the new mathematical methods
Conclusion: mathematization and the nature of language.
Nominalism and constructivism in seventeenth-century mathematical philosophy by David Sepkoski. ISBN 9780415702119. Published by Routledge in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.